Chapter Summaries

Wang Pan broke into Bai Qi’s residence and interrupted his attempt to reach the Heavenly Human Realm. He killed Bai Qi in their fight, leaving the watching Heavenly Venerate Sect disciples stunned and their bets ruined.

• Wang Pan kicked open Bai Qi’s residence gates, broke through the floor, and exposed the Secret Chamber where Bai Qi was cultivating.
• Wang Pan attacked Bai Qi during his breakthrough, forcing Bai Qi to abandon it and fight back.
• Bai Qi charged Wang Pan, but Wang Pan matched his attacks and dismissed Bai Qi’s strength.
• Wang Pan shredded Bai Qi’s hand and cut his throat, killing him.
• Wang Pan emerged carrying Bai Qi’s severed head, and the watching disciples realized Bai Qi had died and lamented their lost bets.

Wang Pan killed Bai Qi with overwhelming ease, then challenged Tang Feng after the elder ordered him to kneel. Their auras clashed, and Tang Feng yielded after sensing that Wang Pan could kill him.

• Wang Pan defeated Bai Qi so quickly that the Great Grandmaster disciples were stunned, while Tang Feng profited from the bets against Bai Qi.
• The disciples who had bet on Bai Qi lost their wealth and vented their anger by kicking his severed head.
• Wang Pan mocked Tang Feng for offering help without giving his name, and Tang Feng ordered him to kneel.
• Wang Pan released a tremendous aura and challenged Tang Feng to prove whether a Great Grandmaster could defeat a Heavenly Human.
• The two men's auras devastated the surrounding area, drawing the attention of Heavenly Humans and Land Immortals, while Liangqiu Qianshan recognized Wang Pan's strength.
• Tang Feng sensed that Wang Pan could kill him in a real fight and admitted that he had been wrong, ending the confrontation.

Wang Pan fought Tang Feng, a Heavenly Human Realm expert, to test the realm’s power and advance his own understanding. Their battle left the Heavenly Venerate Sect’s residential district in ruins, and neither showed any intention of stopping.

• Wang Pan refused Tang Feng’s offer to yield, so Tang Feng attacked him with the Power of Heaven and Earth and the Sole Supremacy Method.
• Wang Pan broke free of Tang Feng’s Heavenly Human Force Field and countered his enormous palm strike with the Fist of Humanity’s Way.
• Their collision sent powerful shockwaves across Heavenly Venerate Peak, injuring nearby Great Grandmasters and killing several Masters.
• Wang Pan and Tang Feng traded close-range attacks, with Wang Pan taking a kick and crashing into a boulder before breaking free and continuing the fight.
• Tang Feng realized Wang Pan’s physical strength matched or surpassed his own, while Wang Pan deepened his understanding of the Heavenly Human Realm through their exchanges.
• The two continued fighting at high speed, devastating the sect’s residential district as the remaining disciples fled.

Wang Pan defeated Tang Feng in a fierce battle, and his advice helped Tang Feng break through to the Late Heavenly Human Realm. Tang Feng pledged his allegiance to Wang Pan and warned the other Heavenly Humans not to harm him, while the Vice Sect Leader saw Wang Pan as a future asset in the Heavenly Venerate Sect’s plans against the Yu Dynasty.

• The Heavenly Humans watched Wang Pan and Tang Feng’s battle with alarm, and Tang Feng unleashed his Divine Ability: Sunfall against Wang Pan.
• Wang Pan survived the clash and defeated Tang Feng, then urged him to grow stronger instead of dwelling on his loss.
• Tang Feng gained an Epiphany, recovered from his injuries, and broke through to the Late Heavenly Human Realm.
• Tang Feng pledged to serve Wang Pan and threatened the Heavenly Humans who had considered attacking him.
• The Heavenly Humans withdrew, and the Vice Sect Leader reflected that Wang Pan could become a powerful Mythical Realm expert who would help the sect overthrow the Yu Dynasty.

After defeating Tang Feng, Wang Pan resolved to use the Heavenly Venerate Sect to reshape society and give ordinary people a chance to resist, seeking the recognition of the People's Will. He ordered the sect’s disciples to gather in ten days, then returned to Bai Qi’s residence to digest what he had learned.

• Wu Neng rushed to Wang Pan and proposed a marriage alliance, but Wang Pan revealed that he was a Heavenly Eunuch and refused to commit to marrying Wu Neng’s sister.
• Wang Pan reflected that gaining the People’s Will would require the support of countless people, so he decided to make the disorderly Heavenly Venerate Sect his base for change.
• Wang Pan ordered every Heavenly Venerate Sect disciple to gather at the Training Ground in ten days, warning that anyone who failed to come need not return.
• The disciples obeyed Wang Pan’s order, and the Great Grandmasters, Grandmasters, and Innate Realm disciples began rebuilding the devastated area by passing the labor down the ranks.
• Wang Pan returned to Bai Qi’s residence to digest the gains from his battle.

Wang Pan gathered the Heavenly Venerate Sect disciples at the Training Ground, killed several dozen Great Grandmasters who challenged him, and went to confront the Enforcement Hall for defying his order. Ren Sidao, the Vice Sect Leader’s son, openly provoked Wang Pan to kill him, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Wang Pan arrived at the Training Ground with Wu Neng and learned that the Enforcement Hall disciples had ignored his order to gather.
• Wang Pan led Zhang Xing and several dozen Great Grandmasters toward the Enforcement Hall, ordering everyone else to wait for his return.
• When several dozen Great Grandmasters protested and attacked him, Wang Pan trapped them in a thread net and cut them into fragments.
• At the Enforcement Hall, Wang Pan confronted its guards about refusing to attend the gathering, and Ren Sidao emerged with over a hundred Great Grandmasters.
• Ren Sidao claimed his father’s status as a Mythical Realm Vice Sect Leader made him untouchable, then challenged Wang Pan to kill him.

Wang Pan killed Ren Sidao after realizing no Mythical Realm expert was intervening, while Ren Yan had chosen to let his son die in hopes of gaining Wang Pan’s support. Ren Sidao’s followers attacked Wang Pan to save themselves, and Zhang Xing led the Great Grandmasters who had pledged themselves to Wang Pan against them.

• Ren Yan told Muying that he would sacrifice his only son if doing so gave him a chance to advance with Wang Pan’s help.
• Wang Pan waited for the Mythical Realm experts to intervene, then killed Ren Sidao with a strike to the neck.
• Ren Sidao’s lackeys attacked Wang Pan, hoping to capture him and win the Vice Sect Leader’s mercy.
• Zhang Xing led Wang Pan’s pledged Great Grandmasters in charging the Enforcement Hall disciples.
• About thirty Great Grandmasters refused to join Zhang Xing, and Wang Pan regarded them as dead men.

Wang Pan inspected the Heavenly Venerate Sect’s prison after his followers defeated the Enforcement Hall, seeing the suffering of its captives and stopping at the barrier to the Land Deity level. He ordered the captured spectators executed, then stood among the imprisoned Heavenly Humans in thought.

• Wang Pan passed through the battle, killed a Great Grandmaster who obstructed him, and entered the prison with Wu Neng.
• Wang Pan toured the first and second levels, where Great Grandmasters and Heavenly Humans were imprisoned and abused.
• Wang Pan could not pass the golden barrier blocking the third level, where Land Deities were held.
• Zhang Xing reported that the Enforcement Hall’s fighters had all died and captured the Great Grandmasters who had watched the battle without helping.
• Wang Pan explained that the weak had no right to remain neutral and ordered the captured spectators killed.
• Zhang Xing’s group beheaded the spectators, and Wang Pan stood in the prison corridor facing the Heavenly Humans’ gazes.

Wang Pan decided to free the imprisoned Heavenly Human Realm cultivators and begin making the Heavenly Venerate Sect more orderly and equal. Zhang Xing opened the first cell, and the prisoners’ release began.

• Wang Pan explained his goal of creating a more equal world and announced that he would release the prisoners to seek their help.
• Wang Pan ordered Zhang Xing and the others to obtain the prison keys, despite their warnings that the prisoners hated the Heavenly Venerate Sect.
• Zhang Xing returned with the keys, while Wang Pan described his plans to reform the sect and give its disciples dignity.
• Wang Pan ordered Zhang Xing to open a cell, and the first imprisoned Heavenly Human Realm cultivator rushed toward freedom.

Wang Pan opened the prison cells to release the imprisoned Heavenly Human Realm experts, but Li Shenmin attacked him and was killed after Wang Pan proved far stronger. The remaining prisoners watched their hopes of freedom fade as Wang Pan prepared to continue.

• An elderly Heavenly Human left the prison after Wang Pan offered the prisoners a choice, while Wang Pan expected the man would not escape the Heavenly Venerate Sect alive.
• Wang Pan and Zhang Xing opened more cells, and the freed prisoners began leaving until Li Shenmin attacked Wang Pan to seize the keys.
• Wang Pan blocked Li Shenmin's strikes and fought back, while Zhang Xing and the other Great Grandmasters fled and one was killed by stray Sword Qi.
• Wang Pan overpowered Li Shenmin, exploited a mistake, and tore off his head.
• Wang Pan reflected that his recent cultivation had increased his combat strength, while the remaining prisoners panicked that he might stop releasing them.

Wang Pan released the imprisoned Heavenly Human Realm experts after killing Li Shenmin, and Han Gen chose to support his vision of giving ordinary people a chance to rise. The Heavenly Venerate Sect secretly ordered the fleeing prisoners killed, while Wang Pan returned to the plaza with three Heavenly Human Realm followers and moved against the Great Grandmasters who refused to stand with him.

• Wang Pan killed Li Shenmin, then continued releasing the imprisoned Heavenly Human Realm experts; Han Gen stayed behind after witnessing the possibility in Wang Pan's ideals.
• Li Yuan remained to seek revenge on the sect elders, while Zhao Ze stayed out of fear and distrust of the escape.
• Liangqiu Qianshan ordered Heavenly Human Realm experts and a Land Deity Realm expert to pursue and kill the prisoners fleeing Heavenly Venerate Peak.
• Wang Pan returned to the plaza with Han Gen, Li Yuan, Zhao Ze, and Zhang Xing's group, carrying the heads of Enforcement Hall Disciples, including Ren Sidao.
• More than a third of the Great Grandmasters refused to get involved and tried to leave, so Wang Pan ordered his three Heavenly Human Realm followers to attack them.
• Han Gen trapped several hundred Great Grandmasters in his Heavenly Human Force Field and began killing them, leaving the rest to Zhao Ze and Li Yuan.

Wang Pan’s group slaughtered hundreds of Heavenly Venerate Sect disciples, then gathered to receive more than four hundred thousand newcomers. The newcomers were driven into the square as Ren Yan’s faction discovered Ren Sidao’s severed head and hurried away after receiving Ren Yan’s message.

• Zhao Ze and Li Yuan joined Wang Pan’s massacre of hundreds of Heavenly Venerate Sect disciples, leaving the square strewn with corpses.
• More than four hundred thousand new disciples arrived, including people captured from the Yu Dynasty and locals hoping to improve their lives by joining the sect.
• The newcomers reacted differently: those from the Yu Dynasty feared their capture, while the locals arrived excited and ambitious.
• Two elders from Ren Yan’s faction recognized Ren Sidao’s head among the corpses, and they left after Ren Yan spoke to them through voice transmission.
• Wang Pan ordered Zhang Xing and the others to bring the newcomers over, and they herded the whole group into the square.

Wang Pan took control of the Heavenly Venerate Sect’s disciples and demanded that they obey rules promoting unity and Equality of All Beings. When the disciples who opposed him were ordered killed, the square erupted into a slaughter that left hundreds of thousands dead and the survivors breaking through to higher realms.

• Wang Pan declared that he had final authority over the disciples and forbade them from harming fellow disciples or ordinary people.
• Wang Pan divided the disciples by their support for him, then ordered the opposition on the left to be killed.
• Zhang Xing and the other supporters attacked the opposition, and the neutral faction was dragged into the battle as the killing spread across the square.
• The slaughter lasted three shichen and ended with only about a hundred thousand survivors, while five to six hundred thousand disciples had died.
• As darkness fell, dozens of Great Grandmasters began breaking through to the Heavenly Human Realm, and the surviving Innate Realm disciples advanced to the master realm.

Dozens of Great Grandmasters broke through to the Heavenly Human Realm after the slaughter, but they and the other disciples submitted to Wang Pan. He began reforming the Heavenly Venerate Sect with teaching materials and strict military-style training, leaving the disciples to adjust to his rules.

• Muying celebrated the Sect’s new Heavenly Human Realm experts, while Ren Yan considered holding a slaughter every year and Liangqiu Qianshan decided not to reprimand Wang Pan.
• Zhang Xing completed his breakthrough, chose to submit to Wang Pan, and the other newly advanced experts followed his example.
• Wang Pan had Zhang Xing distribute his teaching materials and printing methods, requiring every disciple to study the texts.
• Wang Pan introduced strict rules and military-style training, executed disciples who broke the rules, and the survivors gradually grew accustomed to the new routine.

Wang Pan strengthened the Heavenly Venerate Sect through discipline, a Battle Formation, and reforms that united its disciples and built his faction’s influence. After thirty years, he continued comprehending the Heavenly Venerate Technique, whose rudimentary form broke through his former limits and greatly increased his strength.

• Wang Pan developed a Battle Formation that let Great Grandmasters fight Heavenly Human Realm cultivators, then used his Legion Commander talent to strengthen the sect’s disciples.
• Over thirty years, Wang Pan’s strict rules ended infighting and brought disciples of different realms together, while the sect’s population grew to over one million.
• Ren Yan halted recruitment because the sect could no longer afford to support so many surviving disciples.
• More than one hundred Great Grandmasters advanced to the Heavenly Human Realm and joined Wang Pan’s faction, which gained the support of over half the sect’s Heavenly Humans and attracted several elders.
• Disciples and elders began calling Wang Pan the Young Heavenly Venerate as he collected cultivation methods and studied the Heavenly Venerate Technique.
• Wang Pan realized that the technique’s rudimentary form had expanded his bodily limits, allowing him to become far stronger without advancing to the next realm.

Wang Pan met Liangqiu Qianshan, who rebuked him for gathering influence in the sect and urged him to focus on cultivation. She learned that he was delaying his breakthrough to forge his own path, and the chapter ended with her anxiously waiting to see if he would reconsider.

• Ziyu escorted Wang Pan to Liangqiu Qianshan's palace, where the hall's sacred pressure forced him to struggle toward her.
• Liangqiu Qianshan confronted Wang Pan about being called Young Heavenly Venerate and gathering disciples and elders beneath him.
• Wang Pan explained that his influence came from guiding the disciples and that he had not broken through because he wanted to forge his own path.
• Liangqiu Qianshan warned Wang Pan that his ambition could cost him his life and leave him unable to retain his followers.
• Wang Pan insisted that he had already found his own path, while Liangqiu Qianshan waited anxiously for him to change his mind.

Wang Pan won Liangqiu Qianshan’s reluctant permission to pursue his own path, then began transforming the Heavenly Venerate Sect’s territories through laws, education, and social reforms. After the fifty-two dynasties united as the Pan Dynasty, resistance from the great families followed, while Wang Pan’s Momentum of Humanity’s Way reached completion.

• Wang Pan asked Liangqiu Qianshan to let him restrain those above the Land Deity Realm, endured Liangqiu’s attack, and left with his request tacitly accepted.
• Ren Yan told Wang Pan that sparing him after the death of Ren Sidao had created a favor Wang Pan must repay.
• Wang Pan sent the sect’s disciples into its fifty-two dynasties to enforce his laws, then established free schools and promoted printing and paper-making.
• Over the following decades, the dynasties prospered, developed steam technology, and raised armies that hunted barbaric beasts for resources.
• Wang Pan ordered the dynasties merged into the Pan Dynasty and introduced elections, land nationalization, commercial taxes, and the abolition of slavery, provoking the great families to consider fleeing.
• As common people praised Wang Pan and the great families resisted his reforms, his Momentum of Humanity’s Way surged to completion.

Wang Pan created a new cultivation system founded on Humanity's Way and emerged from eight years of seclusion with combat power rivaling the strongest Heavenly Humans. He learned that powerful opponents were obstructing his reforms and prepared to confront them personally.

• Wang Pan realized that reforms benefiting countless people had perfected his Momentum of Humanity's Way, and spent eight years combining knowledge from several Simulation Worlds into a new cultivation system.
• Wang Pan integrated the Aura of Humanity's Way, Humanity's Way Intent, and Momentum of Humanity's Way into his system, gaining combat power that let him challenge nearly any Heavenly Human.
• Wang Pan decided to deal personally with Heavenly Humans who had grown dissatisfied with his rule and obstructed his reforms.
• Wang Pan summoned Wu Neng, who reported that resistance had stalled the third order's implementation and gave him a list of the people responsible.
• Wu Neng recounted how his father, Wu Tian, rejected the idea of marrying Wu Mengmeng to Wang Pan because he believed Wang Pan would never advance beyond the Great Grandmaster Realm.

Wang Pan investigated a group of Heavenly Human Realm experts plotting against him, then spent seventeen years living among ordinary people and building the Pan Dynasty’s strength. He summoned his subordinates to Heavenly Venerate Peak, where the forty-eight conspirators prepared to defy him as the elders backing them sought control of his Great Grandmaster legions.

• Wang Pan ordered his intelligence organization to investigate the people on Wu Neng’s list and learned that thirty-four Heavenly Human Realm experts had advanced within the past 150 years.
• Wang Pan spent seventeen years traveling alone through the Pan Dynasty in ordinary people’s identities, experiencing their lives and reforms firsthand.
• After learning that forty-eight Heavenly Human Realm experts had secretly allied against him, Wang Pan returned to Heavenly Venerate Peak and summoned his subordinates.
• Five hundred and thirty-two Heavenly Humans gathered at Heavenly Venerate Peak, where the forty-eight conspirators discussed refusing Wang Pan’s commands.
• The conspirators expected support from elders and Land Immortals seeking control of the Pan Dynasty’s eight million Great Grandmasters and their resources.

Wang Pan confronted Zheng He and the Heavenly Human Realm elders who rejected his plans, and Zheng He led fifty others in declaring they would no longer obey him. As Han Gen moved to kill them, Qin Rulong intervened, and the two powerful elders clashed.

• Wang Pan called on Zheng He to explain why he and his followers were breaking with the sect.
• Zheng He declared that he would no longer obey Wang Pan, then broke through during an Epiphany.
• Zheng He accused Wang Pan of withholding no compensation and claimed the legions he commanded as his own; fifty other Heavenly Humans stepped forward to leave with him.
• Wang Pan ordered Han Gen to kill the departing elders, and Han Gen trapped them with his Heavenly Human Force Field.
• Qin Rulong appeared to save Zheng He and the others, then clashed with Han Gen using the Power of Heaven and Earth.